Roam/Logseq like journal

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Hi. I am not currently able to test Silverbullet yet so a quick question: is it possible to get a Roam/Logseq like infinitely scrollable daily notes view as start page? I use Obsidian currently but that thing from Logseq I really miss.

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SB does not have scrollable infinite journal like LogSeq. You can set up any page (including today’s journal page) as the start page though.

I personally have added these buttons to the top of my journals via a templates so that I can easily navigate between journal pages.

Screenshot 2024-07-25 at 12.04.49 PM

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@meain May I ask you to explain how did you create this button?

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Thank you. Sadly not quite what I would like though.

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The top thing is a template. To do that add the following into a page.

---
description: Add Journal headers
tags: template
hooks.top.where: 'name =~ /Journal\/Day\//'
---
> [[Journal/Day/{{journalPageFromDate(prevDate(basename(@page.name)))}}]] [[Journal/Day/{{journalPageFromDate(nextDate(basename(@page.name)))}}]]
> Year progress: {{yearProgress}} ({{dayOfWeek}})

There are a few custom functions here, for those, you have to add Space Script. You might want to tweak the journalPageFromDate function. Mine is in the format Journal/Day/YYYY/MM/YYYY-MM-DD.

function getPreviousDate(dateString) {
    let date = new Date(dateString);
    let previousDate = new Date(date);
    previousDate.setDate(date.getDate() - 1);
    return previousDate.toISOString().split('T')[0];
}

function getNextDate(dateString) {
    let date = new Date(dateString);
    let nextDate = new Date(date);
    nextDate.setDate(date.getDate() + 1);
    return nextDate.toISOString().split('T')[0];
}

silverbullet.registerFunction(
  {name: "prevDate"},
  (curDate) => {
    return getPreviousDate(curDate)
  }
)

silverbullet.registerFunction(
  {name: "nextDate"},
  (curDate) => {
    return getNextDate(curDate)
  }
)

function getBasename(path) {
    // Remove any trailing slashes
    path = path.replace(/\/+$/, '');
    
    // Split the path by slashes and get the last part
    const parts = path.split('/');
    return parts.pop();
}

silverbullet.registerFunction(
  {name: "basename"},
  (pth) => {
    return getBasename(pth)
  }
)

silverbullet.registerFunction(
  {name: "journalPageFromDate"},
  (dt) => {
    const splits = dt.split("-")
    return `${splits[0]}/${splits[1]}/${dt}`
  }
)
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Hi, Thank you for code.
I added template part to my template collection page.
Defined as a template.
I created a SpaceScript page and added the functions on it.
Both pages are tagged as meta.
Wat do i need to do feather to get template to work?

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That should be it. Make sure you run Reload via Ctrl+Alt+r and just refresh the page for good measure.

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